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HomeImpacts of natural hazards and climate change on EU security and defence
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Natural hazards and climate change can negatively affect military installations, military assets, supplies and operations and are a growing concern to European Union (EU) security and defence. In addition to direct impacts on installations, including community infrastructure and utilities used by the military (e.g., roads, bridges, energy, water), they can also affect military capability and mission execution, for example via increased demand for military support activities, both domestically and internationally, and through causing increased tensions, country instability and conflict escalation. The military may also incur higher running costs for maintenance, repair or replacement of infrastructure and equipment and face increased health and safety risks from natural hazards and climate change (e.g. more hot days). Currently, only little information on natural hazard and climate change impacts on military infrastructure and operations in the EU exists or is publicly accessible. In support of the EU Climate Change and Defence Roadmap and capitalizing on data and studies available from non-EU countries, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre performed a study to: 1. Expand the understanding of the impacts of natural hazards and climate change on future EU security and defence; 2. Identify existing gaps and limitations in the path towards resilience to natural hazards and climate change of the military in Europe; 3. Recommend concrete actions to strengthen resilience, climate neutrality and environmental sustainability aspirations of the military, while safeguarding operational effectiveness. The study clearly shows that neglecting natural hazards and climate change in the context of EU security and defence can have major consequences, with implications that may extend beyond the military.
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- Personal author(s): Tavares da Costa, R ; Krausmann, E
- Themes: Natural disasters , Defence
- Subject: carbon neutrality , climate change , common security and defence policy , critical infrastructure security , environmental risk prevention , health risk , militarisation of space , natural hazard , research report , sustainable development
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| ISSN 1831-9424 | ISBN 978-92-76-41947-1 | DOI 10.2760/244397 | Catalogue number KJ-NA-30839-EN-N |
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